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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 2000
Page
1
Three Beckley Register-Herald reporters spent over a month examining how households in southern West Virginia stretch limited incomes. The piece explores how public and private programs assist residents facing rising costs and wage pressures in a shifting economic landscape.
The December 1999 Economic Survey shows growth in wood value added manufacturing and expanding service jobs centered on computing, with training programs aiding displaced miners for construction related roles. Yet counties like McDowell, Mingo, Boone, Logan and Wyoming post high unemployment while Eastern and northern panhandles and Parkersburg Morgantown Charleston areas show lower rates. Overall payrolls rose 3,600 while goods producing declined 3,400, manufacturing up 400.
Terry Otey told Mercer County Board of Education a Princeton Middle School student was wrongfully suspended after a pornographic website appeared on his computer. He argued the boy unintentionally accessed explicit material and urged filtering software be funded with levy money to prevent similar incidents.
Furious gusts toppled a mobile home near Route 700 at Mountain Lake and caused outages for about 1,700 customers in Giles County Virginia and Monroe County West Virginia. AEP crews worked as restoration efforts began Thursday afternoon with no further injuries reported.
Virginia police pursuit in Tazewell County ended with a fatal gunshot after a white pickup driven by David Evan Mullins fled police Tuesday night. Mullins, 19, died from a single chest wound. Investigators say Mullins had prior stalking convictions and was under a no contact court order with the woman he followed. The pursuit began near Wardell, headed toward Claypool Hill, with Mullins allegedly speeding and attempting to force the woman off the road before the stop unfolded. No further details were provided about the officer involved.
A head on collision on U.S. Route 52 near Kyle in McDowell County killed a 14-year-old girl and injured three others. Jessica Church 18 of Keystone drove a 1992 Plymouth Sundance. a 16-year-old male juvenile and another passenger were hospitalized. The 14-year-old died at Welch Emergency Hospital. the 16-year-old was airlifted to Charleston Area Medical Center in stable condition. The crash remains under investigation by state police.
Census Bureau data indicate growth in the 80 and over cohort, with figures showing expanded shares across age brackets. The table lists multiple age bands from Under 5 to 19, up to 80 and over, with totals and rounding affecting exact sums.
BLUEFIELD The weather in Bluefield was windy and mild Thursday afternoon, but the spirits of 17 medical missionaries headed to Africa were warm and high. For seven years Dr. William Harden has organized groups of health care professionals for annual trips to Uganda through Westminster Presbyterian Medical Mission. For the first time, missionaries added a January trip to complement June. I have never been to Africa before, said Dr. Eduardo D. Plagata, a Tazewell, Va., surgeon.
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